SIX MCDTORS (ORZaOH) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tu4r. April 5, 1951
'Stiitrt Cklekt'
Japanese Government in Jeopardy as Result of Blunder
make early selections of'
'Face' Lost By
American Refusal
To Schedule Talks
Washington U.Rr Diplo
matic authorities said today that
the government of Japan, one
of the United States' staunchest
allies in the troubled Far East,
is in jeopardy as a result of an
international blunder.
The difficulty grew out of
Japanese Foreign Minister Ma
mom Shigemitsu s sudden re
quest for an invitation to discuss
Japanese problems in Washing
ton. Instead he got an abrupt
American turndown. The result
was a serious loss of "face" for
Shigemitsu and the entire Jap
anese government in a nation
where ' face" is all-important.
Relations Strained
JaDan was seething with in
dignation. The final outcome
was difficult to foretell.
But diplomatic experts said
the incident has seriously strain
ed U.S.-Japanese relations and
could lead to the downfall of
the present Japanese govern
ment.
Furthermore, the Communists
are expected to capitalize on the
fuss in an effort to weaken the
American position in Japan. The
Reds likely will scream that the
United States doesn't really care
about the future of Japan and
that the Japanese should work
for closer ties with Communist
China and Russia.
Meeting Hinted in Press
The furor had its beginnings
when the Japanese began hint
ing through newspapers that
they wanted a high-level meet
ing with the United States in
Washington. Friday Shigemitsu
tuddenly told U.S. Ambassador
John M. Allison his government
wanted him to go to Washington
almost immediately.
Allison said it would be diffi
cult to arrange a meeting in such
short order but agreed to for
ward the request. Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles said it
would be impossible to work out
Immediate 'talks because there
wasn't enough time to prepare
for them nor was there time on
his crowded schedule.
Shigemitsu replied that he un
derstood. But his position at
home was seriously weakened.
Stevens Sees Mo DmnnmedDate IFar East War Threat
Taipei 'U.R) U.S. Army Sec
retary Robert E. Stevens left to
day for Washington apparently
convinced there was no imme
diate threat of war in the Far
East despite scary reports of a
Matsu "invasion threat" in the
Nationalist press.
Stevens aid he did not believe
U.S. ground forces would be
needed to defend Formosa and
"eventuality" the Navy and Air
Force would bear the brunt of a 1 afternoon attack within sight of
Red attack.
Red Gunboats Damaged
The Nationalist Air Force said
waves of fighter-bombers at
tacked Communist ship concen
trations off the Fukien coast to
day and damaged four Red gun
boats. Two gunboats were shot
up at Meichow Bay, midway be
tween Matsu and Quemoy and
two others were shot up in an
Quemoy.
The Nationalists also an
nounced bombers flying out of
Formosa crippled two Red Chi
nese gunboats today near Mei
chow Bay midway between Mat
su and Quemoy. Military quar
ters said light artillery dueling
was taking place in Quemoy.
The English language China
News, quoting "well - informed
Suspect Questioned
In Slaying of Girl
Detroit (U.R) Police ques
tioned the "best suspect yet" in
their hunt for the sex slayer of
Barbara Gaca just hours before
funeral services for the seven-year-old
girl were held.
Final rites for the brown
haired girl, whose mutilated and
ravished body was found last
Thursday in neighboring Oak
land county, were conducted in
Assumption Grotto Catholic
church where she was to re
ceive her first Communion
May 1.
Held for questioning in the
girl's slaying was Albert Ur
banik, 28, an Oakland county
trailer court dweller. He was
arrested late Monday for investi
gation of indecent liberties.
Wife of South Dakota Senator Collects
Barbs From Pens of Society Writers
By PATRICIA WIGGINS
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) "Congres
sional wives 'look like parrots,
think like mannikins and act
like robots."
"Congressional wives are dull,
pale, deprecatory dames at best."
Mrs. Karl E. Mundt, once a
congressional wife, now a sen
atorial wife, has created one of
Washington's most unique hob
bies by saving barbs like these
from the pens of local society
writers.
The wife of the Republican
Senator from South Dakota pre
serves in a growing scrapbook
the very things that most official
wives try to forget.
Blonde, blue-eyed Mrs. Mundt
told a reporter today she doesn't
save any of the favorable or ad
miring lines, and there are
many, despite the society sisters'
notorious lack of restraint. She
only gets out her paste-pot for
the unflattering comments.
Littered With Wives
Like the words of one fashion
reporter reporting on a fancy
Washington tea. She commented
on the lovely gowns of diplomats
wives, described a "stunning"
buffet table, ad added, "congres
sional and senatorial wives were
littering up the whole place."
Mrs. Mundt chuckled when
On The Side
By E. V. Durling
(Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.)
Snoring is incurable. That is
what is frequently claimed. Yet
H. L. Mencken, in an autobio
graphical sketch, said he had
been cured of snoring by an op
eration on his nose. It has also
been claimed an organic hearing
disorder cannot be cured. YetAl
Schact, the celebrated baseball
figure, now a successful restau
rateur, says in his recently pub
lished autobiography that he
was nearly completely deaf
when cured by an operation per
formed by a New York City surgeon.
Asking
Queries from clients. Q.
What is this country's record for
open all night" restaurants?
That is, what restaurant holds
the record for being continu
ously open for business? A.
Couldn't say definitely. How
ever, I know that Drake's Res
taurant in New York City was
open continuously, twenty-four
hours a day for thirty-seven years
until closed by a strike in 1937.
Q. Is Nona an Indian name?
A. It is from the Latin. Means
ninth daughter. Octavia means
eighth daughter.
Sidelights
It was Oliver Wendell Holmes
who said, "own up, pay up, if
defeated shut up, these are the
virtues of a sporting man" . . .
French painter Georges Seurat,
founder of neo-impressionism,
was unable to sell one of his
paintings during his life. Now
his painting titled "Le Grande
Jatte" is valued at a quarter of a
million dollars!
Among the Married
Leon Blum, in offering advice
on the subject of love among the
married, observed "never forget
to make your wife believe you
really love her or she may suc
cumb to the natural teirmtation
Mario Lanza Misses Las Vegas Opening
Las Vegas (U.R) Singer
Mario Lanza, in bed with laryn
gitis, missed his big comeback
opening at the new Frontier hot
el last night and the angry
management said it would break
his contract if the temperament
al tenor fails to appear tonight.
The husky singer, pared down
to 206 pounds by dint of weeks
of training in Palm Springs for
the big event, was to receive
$50,000 a week, the highest sal
ary ever paid a performer in
this gambling resort.
Dr. John R. McDaniel, at
tached to the Las Vegas hospital,
said Lanza was in bed in his
hotel room with "laryngitis and
an upper respiratory infection."
He said he would examine him
today to determine if he could
sing.
Chicago !(U.R) The Navy is
puzzled over which of its 60 pos
sible classifications Seaman Re
cruit Alfred Padilla belongs in.
Padilla is a bullfighter.
to try out her feminine powers
on some other man. A woman
needs confirmation of her
power."
Longshot
John Law, Scottish financier
and speculator, origipated a bet
he made many times and never
lost! He offered 20,000 to one
that any man who wished to "bet
on it could not throw double
sixes with dice six times in sue
cesion. A surprising number of
men took this bet. They were
aware it bordered on the impos
sible. But they liked the price.
Asides
Baldness is hereditary. If your
father is bald it is probable your
son will be bald when he reaches
manhood . . . That editorial
genius of the yesteryear, Sara
Josepha Hale, bitterly objected
to the use of "female" in refer
ence to women. Said Sara, "fe
male should be used for animals
For humans, woman or lady."
Briefly
it it is spelled whisky it is
Scotch. If it is spelled whiskey,
that is .with an "E," it is Irish.
... It was Cicero who advised
lawyers as follows, "When you
have no basis for an argument,
abuse the plaintiff." . . . When
Edsel Ford was born his father,
Henry Ford, was a $15 a week
mechanic working for the De
troit Edison Company.
Almost Confidential
Am asked if there has ever
been a red-haired saint. Answer
is that St. Helena was red-haired
. . . If the smoke from a cigar is
sky blue in color it is a cheap
cigar. The smoke from a good
cigar is something between gray
and white ...
Coast To Coast
What's the speed record for
an automobile trip from New
York to Los Angeles? That's
what a New Yorker wants to
know. I don't know. However, in
1938 Bob MacKenzie made the
New York to Los Angeles trip by
auto in 51 hours and 58 minutes.
The distance is.3,192 miles. That
record might be hard to top.
Poker
Are you a poker fan? How are
you doing? What is the extent of
your knowledge of that grand
old game? Do you realize that
when you hold a pair and keep it
with the hope of getting four of
a kind that the dods against your
so doing are 359 to 1?
Dead line for Sunday Classified is
at noon Saturday.
Dalewood Margarine is FRESH
(Its made on order and rushed lo your store)
Dalewood is easy to spread, even
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Dalewood Is foil-wrapped to preserve
all its delicate flavor.
But this fine margarine is now priced at only
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22
lb.
she recalled how this item in
her scrapbook dampened her ex
citement over her first White
House reception:
"The congressional reception,
if it lives up to its reputation,
will be the dowdiest of the win
ter season. At best, Congressmen
and Senators are a motley lot
and their wives are notoriously
monotonous in dress. It must be
remembered that most of the
legislators married these women
long before they entered public
life."
Mrs. Mundt is more discreet
than some of the society writers
in that she doesn't disclose the
names of the poison pen authors.
No Names
And she won't disclose the
name of the cabinet wife who
was quoted as saying when
asked if she enjoyed one of her
own home receptions:
"Dear no. The people I wanted
to see didn't come and the peo
ple I didn't care anything about
came in droves. And did you see
the congressmen's wives mowing
down my tea table like a bunch
of locusts over a wheat field?"
, Mrs. Mundt said only that it
was not a present day cabinet
wife.
Mrs. ' Mundt, whose husband
served in the House 10 years
before moving over to the Sen
ate in 1948, has another favorite
commentary in her collection.
This writer wrote:
"Every time one of them (con
gressional wives) voices an orig
inal idea, the Washington Monu
ment bends over in a grand
salaam."
sources," said that a big fleet of
Communist junks and gunboats
were concentrating near the
Matsu islands and that the Air
F.orce and Navy had rushed units
to the area to "stem the possible
invasion."
Official sources discounted the
reports and Stevens told report
ers he did not think war here
was "imminent." He declined to
elaborate on his belief but said
it appeared that Americans were
more concerned over the likeli
hood of war than the people on
Formosa.
Major War Scare
The China News reports
touched off a major war scare
here but Col. Lu Tu of the De
fense ministry said he had re
ceived nothing on the published
report.
Gen. Earle E. Partridge, Far
East Air Force commander, ar-
Architect Joins Firm
Of Ben H. Todd Here
Medford Architect Ben H.
Todd, Suite 303, U.S. National
Bank building, today announced
that William H. Seibert is an
associated architect with the
firm.
Due to an increased volume
of business and an expanding
territory, plans are being made
for enlargement of the present
offices and addition of other
new personnel, Todd. said.
Seibert is a registered archi
tect in Oregon, Washington and
Florida, and is a graduate of
the University of Florida. He
has more than 20 years of ex
perience in various phases of
the profession.
Seibert first came to the
Rogue Valley in 1943 when he
was stationed with the Army at
Camp White. He and his wife,
the former Jean Lydiairt of,
Medford, moved here from
Florida in 1950. They and their
two sons make their home at
1011 South Holly st.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday; 1 a. m. Monday for
Monday; other days 5:30 previous day,
rived here for an inspection trip
at almost the same time Stevens
was leaving.
Stevens visited Japan, Korea
and Okinawa before arriving in
Taipei Sunday. He planned to fly
to Hong Kong before returning
to the United States.
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